Skills
There are various skills needed by puppies and we have broken them down to attainable segments that each puppy can understand at the age and stage of their development.
Classroom Skills:
These are skills learned in our puppy classroom that allows for minimal amount of distraction and confusion. Learning each skill in a easy-to-focus area is very important, as this is a perfect place to make mistakes so that kind and consistent correction can occur. Each skill, no matter what level of training are all first learned in the classroom.
Home Skills:
These are skills that have been perfected in the classroom and are ready to be practiced in the home environment. These skills are important for those who have children and who have family and friends over for visits.
Community Skills:
These are skills that have been mastered in the classroom and at home. These are skills that are ready to be practiced in the larger community. These are very important skills the dogs who travel, go to work their family member or have like emotional support/therapy jobs outside the home.
Classroom Skills:
These are skills learned in our puppy classroom that allows for minimal amount of distraction and confusion. Learning each skill in a easy-to-focus area is very important, as this is a perfect place to make mistakes so that kind and consistent correction can occur. Each skill, no matter what level of training are all first learned in the classroom.
Home Skills:
These are skills that have been perfected in the classroom and are ready to be practiced in the home environment. These skills are important for those who have children and who have family and friends over for visits.
Community Skills:
These are skills that have been mastered in the classroom and at home. These are skills that are ready to be practiced in the larger community. These are very important skills the dogs who travel, go to work their family member or have like emotional support/therapy jobs outside the home.
Commands
Each command sequence is built on the other. So, for example, “Watch me” command, taught in the Bronze Training Package is an important command for each puppy to know, in order for them to be able to move towards more advanced commands. Watching and paying attention is important for them to master in order to have the focusing skills to continue to learn new commands. We have ordered the commands in the training packages to reflect the importance of having the foundation commands learned first.
Take Home Training Devices
Oftentimes it is hard to get the same results without the same equipment. We understand that, so we make sure you use exactly what we use and we send it home with your puppy! If you feel confident in the skill you and your puppy have learned, you are welcome to purchase any training material that a part of higher up training levels that did not come with your training package as well. We are happy to answer any questions you may have regarding how we use the equipment and how to teach your puppy to work with it.
On Going Help
We know that puppies are all unique, so they may develop some new behaviors as they grow that are less than desirable. We are happy to answer calls you have about the training anytime (part of the training package), however, if bad behavior still persists, you may need to book a “tune up” training session for your dog and have them return for a good review and upgrade on their knowledge. These can be private lessons with you attending or a drop off "board and train", for whatever time you feel is needed (extra fees apply).